England hopes to claim their fifth win in nine matches to bolster
their position atop Group H. Their 4-4-0 record is good enough to lead
Ukraine and Montenegro by one point and Roy Hodgson will impress on his
players to remain focused. The group remains competitive as four of the
six teams are still in the race to secure automatic qualification.
Liverpool frontman Daniel Sturridge has been tipped to start alongside
Wayne Rooney in the attack, while James Milner is likely to replace Theo
Walcott on the wing.

Montenegro really need victory here if they are to give themselves a
decent chance of progressing to Brazil, though – if other results go
their way – a draw may suffice to see them to a second place finish and a
possible play off. They have drawn two and lost one of their three most
recent qualifiers and another defeat here would almost certainly take
their destiny out of their own hands.

Coach Branko Brnović will be without key quartet Mirko Vucinic,
Mladen Bozovic, Marko Basa and Milorad Pekovic for the trip to Wembley
due to injury. Up front, Fatos Beqiraj is expected to partner Stevan
Jovetic in the absence of captain Vucinic.

This will be the fourth time that England have played Montenegro and
on each of the other three encounters, the best that the Three Lions
could manage was a draw. The two teams met in Podgorica in March and
played out a 1-1 draw, with England failing to build on Wayne Rooney’s
early goal.